"Hot Rod Lincoln" - Bill Kirchen & Redd Volkaert

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  • Опубліковано 18 жов 2019
  • Guitar Jedi Bill Kirchen & Redd Volkaert perform the Americana classic "Hot Rod Lincoln," recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in scenic Mountain View, Arkansas.
    For information about upcoming Ozark Folk Center State Park concerts...
    www.arkansasstateparks.com/pa...
    Hear the full show! "OHR Presents: Bill Kirchen & Redd Volkaert" is available as a free podcast at...
    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
    Google Play Music:
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    SoundCloud: (Includes bonus tracks)
    / ohr-presents-bill-kirc...
    This week on Ozark Highlands Radio, legendary guitar virtuosos, songwriters, and Telecaster Jedi Bill Kirchen and Redd Volkaert recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with these two guitar giants. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Mike McGee performing the traditional song “Rank Strangers.” Writer, musician, and traditional dancer Aubrey Atwater guides us through a cultural transposition of the traditional song “One Morning in May.”
    For more information about Bill & Redd...
    www.billkirchen.com/
    www.reddvolkaert.com/
    #ArStateParks #OzarkFolkCenter #livemusic #Americana #telecaster #guitar #Fender #Ozark #Countrymusic

КОМЕНТАРІ • 663

  • @floodway2955
    @floodway2955 4 роки тому +6

    Wow what memories. Thanks..

  • @leeorsborn8842
    @leeorsborn8842 4 роки тому +4

    I could not stop smilin.

  • @dynacologyst4151
    @dynacologyst4151 4 роки тому +2

    Is it just me or did anyone else want this to go on forever???

  • @waitaminute-vw9hf
    @waitaminute-vw9hf 4 роки тому +8

    I came here for Hot Rod Lincoln but stayed for all the iconic riffs ha

  • @charlie-obrien
    @charlie-obrien 4 роки тому +19

    Looking at the thumbnail, I thought how can a version of "Hot Rod Lincoln" be nearly 8 minutes. After listening I wished it would have gone on longer. A great song, by great pickers and a tribute to the legendary players we have all loved.
    Never stop driving that sound!

  • @TheCWHatton
    @TheCWHatton 4 роки тому +9

    The sad part is... I can only like this once. CHEERS!

  • @carlaaustin7223
    @carlaaustin7223 4 роки тому +8

    They are excellent. They are magnificent players. Talented. Our country has a lot of extremely talented musicians and singers.

  • @brucemcdonald1114
    @brucemcdonald1114 Рік тому +6

    How classy of the unbelievable Redd Volkeart to play back up. Such a great guy.

  • @joedavis4150
    @joedavis4150 2 роки тому +1

    ... Yeah! Everybody needs a Hot Rod Lincoln!

  • @scottouellette9411
    @scottouellette9411 4 роки тому +8

    Commander Cody and his lost planet airmen. My first crystal set was from Heathkit mailorder back in 1958 580 megahertz I use to listen to the Grand Ole Oprey on Saturday nights.I lived up north and it came in perfect especially in the winter months.

  • @dwightarnold6980
    @dwightarnold6980 4 роки тому +1

    2 OF THE BEST RIGHT HERE FOLKS,,,!

  • @Music-lx1tf
    @Music-lx1tf 4 роки тому +233

    Oh yeah I remember here it's Hot Rod Lincoln as a kid lying in my bed listening to my crystal radio set and I'm sure there's very very few people left out there who knows what a crystal radio set is

    • @leehaelters6182
      @leehaelters6182 4 роки тому +11

      Music, well, I’m one of ‘ em, I guess. And I did the same, lay in my bed at night listening to Cousin Brucie in North Eastern NJ. My dad gave me that crystal set. Wish I had it now to show my own boy. L

    • @Music-lx1tf
      @Music-lx1tf 4 роки тому +19

      @@leehaelters6182 well sir actually I made my crystal radio set my old man take an old rifle barrel stuck it in the ground and use that as the ground and had a wire under the eaves of our house has my radio antenna I used to get signals from all over the United States late at night

    • @leehaelters6182
      @leehaelters6182 4 роки тому +4

      @@Music-lx1tfBoss, man!

    • @bobbyb2833
      @bobbyb2833 4 роки тому +7

      @@leehaelters6182 Cousin Brucie...wow haven't heard that name in a looong time. I was in Connecticut then....oh yeah QUACK, QUACK

    • @amoskowitz0103
      @amoskowitz0103 4 роки тому +4

      Built a couple...

  • @MitchellMaichak-ze7mr
    @MitchellMaichak-ze7mr 8 місяців тому +1

    A coupla Telecaster Masters ! Gotta love them butterscotch black guards !!!

  • @clos5700
    @clos5700 4 роки тому +73

    I love when the guitar becomes a storyteller of it’s own.

  • @elmermiller3739
    @elmermiller3739 4 роки тому +3

    I'M ALMOST 59. YA'ALL ARE THE MOST BAD - ASS REAL DEAL JAMMERS FOR SHOWIN' US OL' FELLOWS KEEP ON GOIN'!!!!!!!

  • @dannytaylor3570
    @dannytaylor3570 4 роки тому +2

    Bill and Redd were at the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival in British Columbia last summer and they did this very same song. Bill Kirchen was at another festival that I was at a few years ago. I saw him walking around the festival grounds with his wife and I went up to him and told him that i really enjoyed his show and that he was my favourite performer of the festival. He was quite delighted to hear that and share a moment with a fan, as was his wife.

  • @EzyDzy85
    @EzyDzy85 4 роки тому +4

    HIGHLY entertained!!!👏👏👏

  • @russwillbe4918
    @russwillbe4918 2 роки тому

    love this old school Texas.

  • @rpm2dayg648
    @rpm2dayg648 8 місяців тому +1

    What a great treasure you two are!

  • @70snuttodd95
    @70snuttodd95 4 роки тому +25

    This guy is crazy talented

  • @Aleboy40
    @Aleboy40 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome Medley

  • @philbell7952
    @philbell7952 3 роки тому

    👍👍 outstanding in the late 50s ! 👍🤛🤛

  • @davidmahoherrezuelo
    @davidmahoherrezuelo Рік тому

    This stuff make me smile!

  • @YeOldeTowneCryer
    @YeOldeTowneCryer 4 роки тому +8

    Bill is so good. It takes incredible talent to play all those different styles so accurately

  • @glenncalzada1707
    @glenncalzada1707 4 роки тому +5

    Always loved this song.

  • @funkmasterblaster5921
    @funkmasterblaster5921 4 роки тому +14

    I've always liked this song...from the first time I heard it..

  • @mosrite60
    @mosrite60 4 роки тому +78

    Redd Volkaert one of the most underrated guitar player today. But recognized by his peers. Amazing talent. mos60

    • @donziperk
      @donziperk 4 роки тому +5

      I just about fell over when this popped up on my recommendations. I went to high school with Redd in Surrey British Columbia Canada. He could play great in high school and always wondered where he wound up,
      I remember him building a guitar in our woodwork class. Great guy always enjoyed hanging out with him.

    • @mosrite60
      @mosrite60 4 роки тому +1

      @@donziperk yep, true blue Canadian!

    • @tedshredz58
      @tedshredz58 4 роки тому

      Fantastic. Surrey, you say? I’d better look for them- this was really creative and fun to watch and listen to.

    • @brucemcdonald1114
      @brucemcdonald1114 Рік тому

      Under rated is such an over rated word.

    • @dapete
      @dapete Рік тому

      The Ginger Rogers to Bill's backwards improv

  • @BTFOOMNY
    @BTFOOMNY 4 роки тому +28

    Wow. Old enough to recognize them all.

    • @tyecook9630
      @tyecook9630 4 роки тому +3

      Me too...still trying to figure out if that's sad or not...

    • @daneheule5593
      @daneheule5593 4 роки тому

      Tye Cook what’s the option. 😀

    • @BTFOOMNY
      @BTFOOMNY 4 роки тому

      @@daneheule5593 too young to know most of them (David Gilmour's grandchildren just think he's some old guitar player who used to be famous), or dead. LOL

  • @johncleary5818
    @johncleary5818 4 роки тому +2

    Great medley of the greats wow

  • @securenc1
    @securenc1 4 роки тому +4

    Fun to watch and listen to this... simply entertaining!

  • @jimwortham8634
    @jimwortham8634 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks so much definitely best Hot Rod Lincoln ever heard

  • @murrayscott9676
    @murrayscott9676 4 роки тому +2

    A classic from when I young. Thanks, a real treat.

  • @randyholly2594
    @randyholly2594 4 роки тому +1

    WOW!!

  • @andyhughes9763
    @andyhughes9763 4 роки тому +5

    These old BOYS are smoken and damn good entertainment. Could see and listen to these boys any time and if y'all are ever near Greenville SC give us a holler and we'll get a jam going.

  • @dorettazingg8414
    @dorettazingg8414 3 місяці тому

    Just SUPER 🎉❤

  • @news603redux
    @news603redux 4 роки тому +45

    Scary amount of talent right here.

  • @NOWOKEXYZ
    @NOWOKEXYZ 4 роки тому +2

    Love this Classic!

  • @henryseldon6077
    @henryseldon6077 4 роки тому

    WOW! Blown away .....

  • @normc8169
    @normc8169 4 роки тому +12

    Looking at those two legends makes me glad to be alive.

  • @roberthastings708
    @roberthastings708 Рік тому +2

    Both these guys are legends in my book. I first found Bill when he was in the 1970s when he played at the 'Dillo with Comander Cody.
    And Red ... oh man. Thanks for posting.

  • @brucehanson4147
    @brucehanson4147 4 роки тому +27

    STANDING OVATION IN MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!!!!

  • @MrMusicguyma
    @MrMusicguyma 4 роки тому +159

    Bill is constantly changing the tempo, and Redd is with him every step of the way. Amazing talent from both these guys. Don King! :)

    • @11calman
      @11calman 4 роки тому

      Sorry to say mate, But "Red" was One step ahead all the way through the song

    • @MrMusicguyma
      @MrMusicguyma 4 роки тому +7

      @@11calman Mate, it may be hard to justify that opinion. ;) This was Bill Kirchen's own comic and unique arrangement, honed over decades, of a simpler Charlie Ryan song from 1955. Bill began playing it with Commander Cody in 1970s. Later, as a solo act. Bill added all those tributes to the other guitar players and random folks. I will opine that Redd is the most versatile Tele player that I have ever heard and I have heard quite a few, including the Hellecasters, Albert Lee, James Burton, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan and on and on. Leo Fender's simple but innovative guitar is in good hands ;)

    • @11calman
      @11calman 4 роки тому

      @@MrMusicguyma, Yes, at over 80yrs, I must confess that I have followed all those great players that you have mentioned, But I suppose that, because I live in the great Southern Hemisphere of Auckland New Zealand (where we are a day ahead of the rest of the world), Redd Volkaert's rhythm was most probable on NZ time, one step ahead.--- "Bill Kirchen" has always been great

    • @MrMusicguyma
      @MrMusicguyma 4 роки тому +2

      @@11calman hehehe :) You are right, of course, Redd is from British Columbia, closer to NZ time than Bill, who is from Michigan

    • @richardhill657
      @richardhill657 4 роки тому +1

      MrMusicguyma rock roll was so fun

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke 4 роки тому +7

    That's the BEST version EVER!! You young'uns got a lots o' talent!!

  • @angelmaldonado7967
    @angelmaldonado7967 4 роки тому +22

    Man it is so great to see two music legends just a pickin and a grinin.

  • @Liesl_Cigarboxguitar
    @Liesl_Cigarboxguitar 4 роки тому +1

    I only discovered Bill Kirchen this morning, and already I am hooked!!

  • @dzyanist
    @dzyanist 4 роки тому +3

    Now THAT was absolootely friggin AMAAAZING..!!! WOWW.., Some AWESOME Geetar..!!!!! 🎸☠👍🎸

  • @ronaldmartino2610
    @ronaldmartino2610 4 роки тому +3

    Outstanding performance! Brought me back to when I first heard this song in 1970

  • @michaelcrampton4643
    @michaelcrampton4643 4 роки тому +5

    Going to look these guys up and fill my office with great music all day everyday.

  • @BudgetRC_Channel
    @BudgetRC_Channel 4 роки тому +39

    The two most versatile Telecaster players on one stage!

  • @cycloptical26
    @cycloptical26 4 роки тому +188

    Kirchen should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame based on this song only.

    • @bif3578
      @bif3578 4 роки тому +9

      cycloptical26 listening to him play this is better than a trip to the RR HoF.

    • @Stratster68
      @Stratster68 4 роки тому +2

      I agree.

    • @bison2022
      @bison2022 4 роки тому +16

      Charlie Ryan wrote and recorded this tune. Charlie wrote this tune in response to Arkie Shibleys song Hot Rod Race in 1950 which the Melody is identicle to Hot Rod Lincoln, just slower. Charlie Ryan wrote Hot Rod Lincoln in 1955 as a single,the album by the same name was released in 1960. That was the first LP I ever bought. My album was signed by Charlie just before his passing in Spokane aprox.10 years ago. He signed the cover and the record multiple times,a character to say the least. A couple facts to get this blurb straight. The Lincoln is a 1955 and built by the railroaders in Livingston Montana. It was a V12 with overdrive, not a V8 as Commander Cody wrote. To fit the Model A's body on the Lincoln frame,the driveshaft had to be shortened two feet. A Minnesota native,he lived in Spokane and Libby Montana. He died in Spokane. If you listen to the late great Arkie Shibleys Hot Rod Race, I think he should be in the ranks of one of the first creators of Rock and Roll and in the Grand Ole Opera. Check him out please. He should be recognized as well as Charlie Ryan.

    • @onepunchgeorge9251
      @onepunchgeorge9251 4 роки тому +2

      @@bison2022 well put friend.

    • @Buckarooskiczek
      @Buckarooskiczek 4 роки тому +1

      Patrick Ford thanks for the background on this song...pretty amazing!
      BTW, Bill Kirchen will someday be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his own right, (though not particularly for this song...and probably after he’s dead.)

  • @oldrover3007
    @oldrover3007 4 роки тому +4

    Excellent ! What a Couple of Talented Dude’s , that comes from experience. Thanks !

  • @millibarman
    @millibarman 4 роки тому +2

    Loved this since I was about 10!

  • @chipsterb4946
    @chipsterb4946 4 роки тому +2

    I saw Bill Kirchen play few years ago at a small venue in Richmond, Virginia. Having loved Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen way back in high school, it was a delight to hear him play. He had a Tele with no finish on the front - the wood was more faded and beat up than an old deck. I wanted to ask him about it and get a closer look at the few pedals he was using, so I tried at intermission. He couldn’t have been more friendly and approachable. He told me the Tele originally was a “burst” and showed me the one small spot on the back that still retained some finish. Funny, humble, and an absolute master of his instrument. Thanks Bill!

  • @tomvitagliano250
    @tomvitagliano250 Рік тому

    Unbelievable c👏👏👏👏👏👏that brought back soo many memories. Thanks soooo much !
    👍👍👍👏👏👏💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @user-kk9ww2dg3z
    @user-kk9ww2dg3z 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks to both of you gentlemen. I was blessed to have met and picked with both of you. Hey Redd watch out for those old guys that spill Zimas blahahaha. Bill thanks for the conversation at the commander show in San Jose.

  • @powerbylightfutureisnow1579
    @powerbylightfutureisnow1579 4 роки тому

    Favorite thing ever

  • @johnm3152
    @johnm3152 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @TheMcraemer
    @TheMcraemer 4 роки тому +2

    Ah! Brilliant, simply brilliant!

  • @williamarnn5240
    @williamarnn5240 4 роки тому +1

    That was great. The original was great. But that was greater

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 4 роки тому +5

    All of those are some of my favorite songs. I bet you two could play just about anything. Nice notes.

  • @michaelgaley9532
    @michaelgaley9532 4 роки тому +1

    I saw Hot Rod Lincoln and got some outstanding renditions of all of the great players of all times. Thanks for the memories.

  • @brianm.armstrong70
    @brianm.armstrong70 4 роки тому

    Man, that guy can play!

  • @newinans
    @newinans 4 роки тому +2

    Just isnt words to Express how fantastic these guys are!

  • @mwilliams5849
    @mwilliams5849 3 роки тому +1

    This. Was. Amazing. I wanna party with these two!

  • @250txc
    @250txc 4 роки тому +1

    Ain't this a cool song! Kirchen is guitar master! Redd and Bill bounced off each very creatively during the entire song... My hats off to these fellows!

  • @ltsgarage7780
    @ltsgarage7780 4 роки тому +26

    This song was like a theme song for me when I was a kid.
    These two do a Very good job of playing up to my memories

  • @n2snow
    @n2snow 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome!!

  • @sidvicioux
    @sidvicioux 4 місяці тому

    man, red is a champ for pulling that off!!

  • @michaelcrampton4643
    @michaelcrampton4643 4 роки тому +2

    Out standing!!! Best ever.

  • @richardunicorn7879
    @richardunicorn7879 4 роки тому +4

    I love all his riffs!!!!

  • @johngilmore6272
    @johngilmore6272 4 роки тому +3

    When I'm on a long haul this song and Bob Seagers Get out of Denver can carry me for 500 miles thumbs up brothers

    • @williamarnn5240
      @williamarnn5240 4 роки тому +1

      That and Jackson Browne, "won't you stay, just a little bit longer, please, please, please say you will, say you will."
      I never turned on the radio until I was getting tired, but a little Seger, or little Jackson Browne, and I'd get my thousand miles a day, legit

    • @cavecookie1
      @cavecookie1 4 роки тому

      Well, you look just like a Commie, and you might just be a member...
      Haven't heard that one for years!

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 8 місяців тому +1

    Bill Kitchens is amazing, he's huge fan of pine Telecasters. and he always takes the control plate. and turns it around so the volume and tone are towards the front. and then switches the volume and tone controls. to be able to do those volume swells. he is probably the main reason I'm more of a Tele fan. I really liked this medley of guitar riffs. from great musicians that he made reference to. and there are too many top picks to list here. but if I had name a few they would be Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles. I definitely enjoyed this.

  • @woolyhighlander7280
    @woolyhighlander7280 4 роки тому +3

    Wow soooo talented, this was entertainment at it's finest and fun !!

  • @finestplanet1353
    @finestplanet1353 4 роки тому +3

    Yeah! GOOD JOB, Men!!

  • @josephcote6120
    @josephcote6120 4 роки тому +21

    Great version, had me smiling all through.

  • @MrRich-yp7eu
    @MrRich-yp7eu 4 роки тому +2

    Just amazing! Redd is on the right side. He played for the Merle Haggard band as well as many others. Bill Kirchen played with Commander Cody and many others. If you have listened to much country music in the last thirty years or so, you have heard these guys. Just incredible. Redd was actually born in 1958.

  • @DavidSmith-qo1se
    @DavidSmith-qo1se 4 роки тому +20

    I remember when that song was played played on the radio.

    • @robertscott2210
      @robertscott2210 4 роки тому

      Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. A one hit wonder, but a great song you had to turn up to eleven when it came on! 📻😁👍

  • @22lr_plinking
    @22lr_plinking 9 місяців тому

    Excellent

  • @carbidejones5076
    @carbidejones5076 2 роки тому +1

    What talent, bless you both.

  • @larrydering1598
    @larrydering1598 4 роки тому +12

    Both are my favorite Telecaster gods. This is historical and cool.

    • @starjunkie2804
      @starjunkie2804 4 роки тому +1

      I'll only play a "Tele" myself. They have a life and a soul all their own and they all sound different. They somehow become part of your body.

  • @donotneed2250
    @donotneed2250 4 роки тому +2

    One the songs I've always enjoyed hearing since I first heard it. I memory of the first time I heard it was in the 1960s.

  • @6thwatergateplumber
    @6thwatergateplumber 4 роки тому +31

    Fabulous to hear all of those distinct recognizable sounds from all of those different performers...great job!

    • @kevinelliott5823
      @kevinelliott5823 4 роки тому

      M CUBED and all from a pine tele with a pine neck even!

  • @tonymarch5361
    @tonymarch5361 4 роки тому +5

    Absolutely phenomenal!!

  • @chrispetty6871
    @chrispetty6871 Рік тому +1

    I love this rendition

  • @johnschoppmusic
    @johnschoppmusic 4 роки тому +5

    HELL YEAH!!!!!

  • @rolandrodriguez3854
    @rolandrodriguez3854 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @brucemct1144
    @brucemct1144 4 роки тому +2

    best version I've heard

  • @IBOver
    @IBOver 4 роки тому +2

    inherited it on my husband's iPod. Classic!!

  • @rich3371
    @rich3371 4 роки тому +10

    One of the coolest things I've ever seen

  • @andyeverett1957
    @andyeverett1957 4 роки тому

    That was fun, thank you.

  • @harleym50
    @harleym50 4 роки тому +6

    Never heard Hot Rod Lincoln played that way, Loved it

  • @ralphchristianson
    @ralphchristianson 4 роки тому +10

    It is amazing how they could get so many great musicians to join in, lots of memories, and all good.

  • @donziperk
    @donziperk 4 роки тому +5

    I was stunned when this popped up on my recommendations.I went to Highschool with Redd in Surrey British Columbia Canada. It was so good to hear him play, he was good in school but he sounds amazing now. He was so into music he built a guitar in our woodwork class. Great guy always enjoyed hanging out with him. Always wondered what he was doing now.

  • @davem3929
    @davem3929 4 роки тому +1

    Two wonderfully talented guys! Thank you both!

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 4 роки тому +8

    Bill Kirchen is such a cool dude. He's got the most amazing left hand in my opinion.

    • @krissmee8353
      @krissmee8353 4 роки тому

      They certainly seemed to be getting the hang of things towards the end.

  • @sijosedire
    @sijosedire 4 роки тому +1

    Great, thanks for sharing!

  • @jehovahuponyou
    @jehovahuponyou Рік тому

    *THAT WAS COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!! - - - BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!*

  • @JohnnyBgood548
    @JohnnyBgood548 4 роки тому

    This video is a treasure!

  • @rogeranderson6980
    @rogeranderson6980 4 роки тому

    I was in Lexington a.young 16 years old boy and his 13 years old brother played. The16 year old played the guitar the 13 year old played the piano. They were with out doubt the greatest at their age I have ever heard. And the nicest and polite beyond belief.

  • @hotrodbob1118
    @hotrodbob1118 4 роки тому +2

    Wow!!!